Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, who has been largely silent since he first blew the whistle on the diversion of local lanes at the George Washington Bridge last fall, tonight said he's embarrassed for the state of New Jersey and said the Port Authority official responsible for the debacle "deserves an ass-kicking."

An angry Sokolich made the comments on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes."

Told that former emails turned over by Director of Interstate Capital Projects David Wildstein included one in which Wildstein said, "It's will be a tough November for this little Serbian" in reference to Sokolich, the mayor paused, before responding.

"David Wildstein deserves an ass-kicking," he said. "Sorry. There, I said it."

Sokolich said he's embarrassed for the Wildstein, Christie Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly and others on the email chain, but said he's not rooting for the culpability to go further into Christie's office.

"I'm not rooting for an email to surface that specifically and
expressly has the governor authorizing this retributions. I'm not because it's not in my nature," he said. "But I will tell you the credibility level is
getting reduced and reduced and reduced as this story continues to move on."

Sokolich said he had not heard from the governor since the incident but directly contradicted earlier statements from Christie that the governor wasn't sure he'd ever met the Fort Lee mayor.

"I have a feeling his recollection of me is a little better
than he's revealing quite frankly," Sokolich told Hayes.

Asked if Christie had apologized, Sokolich said he has no interest in hearing from the governor personally, though he did offer some advice for the governor.

"You need to reach out to the families who were waiting for
ambulances taking three times longer to get there you need to reach out to the
thousands of families that couldn't get their kids to school and you need to
reach out to my chief fiscal officer and figure out how much this cost Fort Lee
so we can get a reimbursement check from Trenton," he said. "That's what I think we need to do. Don't
apologize to me. I don't want an apology."

Later an emotional Sokolich defended his community and the work he and other Democrats have done.

"I'm loyal to the Democratic party," he told Hayes. "I'm proud of what we've accomplished on a county level on a state level. I'm proud of that. I'm proud of my legislative delegation here in our district, and I tell you, we've done phenomenal things in Fort Lee and that truly is the tragedy here because we're in the middle of a renaissance. We're in the middle of a billion-dollar redevelopment. We are arguably the most progressive community in the state of New Jersey run by this idiot, and we should be applauded for that, not penalized for it."

Sokolich first raised the possibility that the lane closures ordered by Wildstein in September were "punitive," but later backed off that claim.

Emails that came to light today show that Wildstein carried out the diversion of two local lanes in Fort Lee for use by highway traffic, snarling traffic in the borough for hours, with the knowledge of Christie Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly.

The revelation has set off a firestorm of criticism of Christie, who said today he was outraged by what came to light and those at fault would be punished.